Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford / 2021 / Prelims / Mathematics II / 7 / b / i / Solution

SetThe points strictly increase from zero to $x_{n,n}=n/(n+1)$. With $f(t)=\sin t$, the given expression is exactly the midpoint Riemann sumfor the partition of an interval ${\mathcal{P}}_n=(x_{0,n},\dots ,x_{n,n})$ of $[0,n/(n+1)]$. The sine argument is precisely the midpoint tag, since it is half the sum of the consecutive endpoints.

For a fixed integration interval $[0,1]$, append $x_{n+1,n}=1$ and choose the final tag ${\xi }_{n,n}=1$. The resulting Riemann sum $T_n$ satisfiesThis makes explicit the small final interval that the original sum omits.